Childbirth Education workshops are designed for you and your partner to feel education, empowered and ready for the labour and birth of your baby and to prepare you for the transition to parenting.
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Childbirth Education or Antenatal Education provides you with the opportunity to inform yourself to help you make informed decisions during your pregnancy and birth journey.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic many classes are now available online, rather than in person.
However, there are still limited options for face to face classes.
Education can come from many sources including the hospital, private midwives, private doulas and private childbirth education providers. Some classes are offered free and other classes or videos will be at cost to you.
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***CBE options***
There are many other options for Childbirth Education, you can refine your search by choosing your preferred option – such as whether you want independent classes or hospital classes or other classes specific to your needs, for example in your language, one-on-one, active birth or water birth.
Talk to your care provider about other options. Your hospital may provide workshops for families when english is not your first language, when you are a young mum or are having twins or triplets.
***CBE options***
***Independent CBE options***
Independent workshops include workshops such as
Calmbirth
The Calmbirth® program is founded on research from neuroscience, midwifery, obstetrics and epigenetics; and uses the extensive understanding of the relaxation response and its influence on birth
Calmbirth is a program that explores the mind-body connection. How the hormones of pregnancy and then labour and birth interact in a synergy that nurtures new life and gives birth to a child.
Calmbirth® is a stand-alone program that understands the mind-body connection in childbirth and how a woman’s emotional state influences the birth both mentally and physically.
Hypnobirthing Australia
The Hypnobirthing Australia™ program is a unique and comprehensive antenatal education program catering to Australian needs, that builds knowledge and uses techniques such as relaxation, self-hypnosis, breathing & movement for a safer, easier and gentle birth.
Hypnobirthing Australia™ classes prepare you with the knowledge, confidence and tools you need to birth calmly and regardless of how your baby enters this world – be it vaginally, caesarean section, home birth, hospital birth or water birth.
Lamaze Workshops
Lamaze workshops are Independent Childbirth education workshops that provides information parents need, to better understand and make decisions throughout their pregnancy. Lamaze provides a resource parents can use to empower themselves, to help them understand the choices they have in pregnancy, childbirth and parenting. Lamaze inspires couples to experience birth with knowledge and confidence.
Other examples include SheBirth or independent classes facilitated by a doula or Childbirth Educator.
Before deciding of what is right for you and your partner you should consider
- Who is facilitating the workshop?
- What is their background?
- What training have they undertaken to provide this education?
- Are they governed by any code of conduct, regulation or guidelines
***Independent CBE options***
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